📍 2845 Virginia Road, Tyner, Chowan County, 27980
Chowan Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tyner, Chowan County. The school has 428 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Edenton-Chowan Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chowan Middle enrolls 428 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 36% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 193 | 45% |
| White | 155 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
293 of the school's 428 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 277 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chowan Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Chowan Middle is one of 4 schools in Edenton-Chowan Schools, based in Edenton, North Carolina. The district serves 1,767 students district-wide and employs 132 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 428 students, Chowan Middle is close to the district average of about 442 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote